- By Jennifer Prill
- (General Dispatch) – Newly elected Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris ignored the question of whether former President Donald Trump should face criminal charges for the Capitol riots in a recent interview.
- The interview was conducted on NBC’s “Today” show, where the second in command of the United States did not want to delve into details.
- “The president was acquitted in the Senate trial. Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, though, had some harsh words, saying he didn’t get away with anything yet, and that civil and criminal liability was still a possibility. I ask you — do you think that President Trump should be criminally charged?” Presenter Savannah Guthrie asked.
- “You know, right now, Savannah, I’m focused on what we need to do to get relief to American families, and that is my highest priority. It is our administration’s highest priority. It is our job. It is the job we were elected to do, and that’s my focus,” Harris replied.
- To which Guthrie replied and asked “But you’re a former prosecutor, so I have got to ask you, is that a strong case against the president, a criminal case that Mitch McConnell had raised as a possibility?”
- “I haven’t reviewed the case through the lens of being a prosecutor, I’m reviewing the case of COVID in America through the lens of being the vice president of America.” Harris stated.
- Faced with the possibility of retrying to politically disqualify former President Donald Trump, the Democratic Party has not yet made an official statement on what position it will take in the future.
- President Joe Biden has also not expressed himself on what may happen in the future with the Trump case so everything is still in expectation but it seems far from over.
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